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(No Model.)

J. HOTHERSALL.

. OATAMENIVAL SACK. No. 384,525.

Patented June 12,

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

JOHN HOTHERSALL, OF MANCHESTER, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

CATAMENIAL SACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,525, dated June 12, 1888.

Application filed January 5, 1888. Serial No. 959,828. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HOTHERSALL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Great Britain, have invented a certain new, useful, and Improved Ladys Towel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is a new article of manufacture, designed for use in the peculiar sickness of women. I shall designate it for the purpose of this specification as a ladys towel.

It consists, essentially, of a section of soft cloth or pad and attaching-strips, by which the same can be applied to the person, as will hereinafter be more fully described.

The form and construction of the device are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure] isa plan View of my invention; Fig. 2, asimilar view thereof with theflaps of the pad folded under the central longitudinal strip; and Fig. 3, a section taken on the line mm, Fig. 2.

The section ofsoft cloth, which I will refer I to as the pad, consists of a piece of soft fabric, a, of rectangular shape, on one surface of which is centrally arranged a longitudinal strip, 1), of the same material, as indicated in the drawings, which is centrally attached to the pad at its ends in anysuitable manner, so that it will rest loosely upon the surface of the pad. Thislongitudinal strip is ofsubstantially one-third the breadth of the pad, so that when the projecting edges d d of the latter are folded in under the strip b a comparatively thick pad may be formed of convenient shape and uniform dimensions and provided with soft edges. The attaching-strips c c are of convenient size and any suitable thin material which will interfere as little as possible with the comfort of any soft pliable material suitable forthe purpose; but I prefer to employ a peculiarly soft Turkish toweling, whose advantages are well understood, and which is frequently employed for this purpose in a less convenient form.

In use the pad is applied to the part in the usual manner, and is held in place by means of the attaching-strips c c, which are passed up the front and back of the wearer, and are conveniently connected to a belt or other support. The pad may be used with two thicknesses applied to the part, as shown in Fig. 1; but the preferableway of using the article is to fold the projecting flaps d d of. the pad under the longitudinal strip b, as shown in Fig.- 2, thereby forming a comparatively thick pad, consist-ingof four thicknesses of material of convenient-shape,and provided with soft edges, due to the folding in of the fabric. The advantages of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, from which it appears that the article is composed of a comparatively thick pad to be applied where required and comparatively thin attachingstrips which will interfere as little as possible with the comfort of the wearer.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a ladys towel consisting of the pad a, of soft fabric such as Turkish towelinghaving the extensions 02 d, of the same material, and the superposed strip b, of like material, under which the said extensions are folded for use, and attaching-strips c 0, connected with the pad, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of December, A. D. 1887.

JOHN HOTHERSALL.

WVitnesses:

ARTHUR G. HALL, ALBERT E. HALL,

' 9 Mount St, Manchester, England. 

